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Peter J. Richerson

PJ

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Publications

126

Citations

27.6K

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62

Active since

1967

Affiliations

University of California, Davis(Current)

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California System

Peter J. Richerson is an author at University of California, Davis specializing in evolutionary biology, life sciences, and social sciences.

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Publications per year

1967–2024

126

Publications

126

Culture and the Evolutionary Process

James R. Griesemer, Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson · Ornithological Applications · 1986 · 7.2K citations

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The evolution of altruistic punishment

Robert Boyd, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 1.8K citations

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Punishment allows the evolution of cooperation (or anything else) in sizable groups

Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson · Ethology and Sociobiology · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation

Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson, Joseph Henrich · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Culture and the evolution of human cooperation

Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 1K citations · Full text

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